Montgomery Sycamore Island Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520419565
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
3012294921
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parks and Playgrounds

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$120,911
Expenses
$107,354
Assets
$356,643
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Vicki Judson (President)
  • Meredith Griggs (Vice President)
  • Susan Elfstrom (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Vicki Judson (President)
  • Meredith Griggs (Vice President)
  • Susan Elfstrom (Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Educational and recreational benefits to members

What it reported doing in 2025

Montgomery Sycamore Island Club ("MSIC") owns two islands in the Potomac River: Sycamore Island and Ruperts Island. MSIC has approximately 330 member families. Activities available to Members: CANOEING: Flat-water canoeing and kayaking can be enjoyed in the quiet water on the Potomac River around the islands. The Club maintains a canoe-shed to store member-owned canoes, kayaks, and paddleboards. The Club also owns several canoes and kayaks which are stored separately that can be used by members and their guests. SWIMMING: The swimming dock and float are located at the upstream end of Sycamore Island on the Virginia side. FISHING: Catfish and carp are plentiful near the islands. Smallmouth bass, walleye, tiger-muskies and bluegills can be found in the swift water a short distance upstream. GAMES: There is volleyball and croquet equipment for outdoors, a swing and zip line, and a pool table and a ping-pong table in the clubhouse. EVENTS: Organized annual club activities include a Fishing Derby, the Sycamore Island Regatta, a Family Campout and the Spring and Fall Workfests. The club also annually co-hosts the Potomac River Downriver Race each spring with the Canoe Cruisers Association. PICNICS: Grills are available for barbecuing and picnic tables are located all over Sycamore Island for the use and convenience of members and their guests. Camping is allowed with advanced notice.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and total assets are large relative to annual expenses, but may not be spendable cash. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.2%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.32; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 51.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -76.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.